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Differential AKT dependency displayed by mouse models of BRAFV600E-initiated melanoma.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Dec 2013
Marsh Durban Victoria, Deuker Marian M, Bosenberg Marcus W, Phillips Wayne, McMahon Martin
Abstract excerpt
Malignant melanoma is frequently driven by mutational activation of v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (BRAF) accompanied by silencing of the phosphatase and tensin homology (PTEN) tumor suppressor. Despite the implied importance of PI3K signaling in PTENNull melanomas, mutational activation of the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of PI3Kα (PIK3CA), is rarely detected. Since PTEN has both PI3-lipid...
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